Hair container and kit for a hair cutting appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11230022-B2
Application number	US-201615748665-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2016
Priority date	Aug 4, 2015
Publication date	Jan 25, 2022
Grant date	Jan 25, 2022

Abstract

A hair container for a hair cutting appliance includes a container housing having a hair compartment for accommodating cut hair sections, and an attachment portion for releasably attaching the hair container to a hair cutting appliance. The attachment portion is configured to attach the hair container to the hair cutting appliance when an attachment comb is attached to the hair cutting appliance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hair cutting appliance for a hair cutting operation, the hair cutting appliance comprising:
a cutter configured to cut body hair;
a carriage;
a comb having a comb attachment, wherein the comb is configured to be detachable from and removably attachable to the carriage, the comb having front ribs, wherein the front ribs are configured to contact the body hair during the hair cutting operation; and
a hair container configured to be removably attachable to the comb, the hair container comprising:
a container housing comprising a hair compartment, the hair compartment being for storage of cut hair sections, the hair compartment being open at a first portion of the container housing, the first portion leading to an entrance of a second portion of the container housing opposite the first portion, the second portion being closed on all sides except the entrance to trap the cut hair sections, the second portion being further away from the front ribs of the comb than the first portion of the container housing, the first portion being next to the front ribs, and the first portion being configured to pass the cut hair sections to the hair compartment for the storage of the cut hair sections; and
an attachment portion configured to removably attach the hair container to the comb,
wherein the hair container is removably and indirectly attachable to the carriage via the comb attachment of the comb, and
wherein the comb attachment is different from the attachment portion of the hair container.

2. The hair cutting appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hair container is configured to be at least sectionally interposed between a housing portion of the hair cutting appliance and the comb, when the comb attachment of the comb is attached to the carriage of the hair cutting appliance, wherein the carriage is coupled to a drive shaft of the hair cutting appliance, and wherein the drive shaft is operable through a length adjustment control of the hair cutting appliance.

3. The hair cutting appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the attachment portion of the hair container comprises at least one lock configured to lock the hair container at the comb in a releasable fashion.

4. The hair cutting appliance as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the attachment portion of the hair container comprises at least one aligner configured to engage a mating positioner of the comb.

5. The hair cutting appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the attachment portion of the hair container comprises at least two lateral locks that are spaced apart from one another and that are configured to engage mating snap locks at the comb.

6. The hair cutting appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hair container is configured, in a mounted state mounted to the comb, to be moved with the comb relative to a housing portion of the hair cutting appliance, when the comb is moved for comb length adjustment.

7. The hair cutting appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hair container comprises a guide wall, wherein the guide wall, in a mounted state of the hair container mounted to the comb, is arranged between rear ribs of the comb and a rear side of a housing portion of the hair cutting appliance, and wherein the guide wall is configured to guide the cut hair sections to the hair compartment.

8. The hair cutting appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hair container comprises two lateral catching arms which are flexible and laterally delimit a hair guiding channel.

9. The hair cutting appliance as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hair compartment is flexible.

10. A hair cutting appliance for a haft cutting operation, the hair cutting appliance comprising:
a housing;
a cutter including a blade set, the blade set configured to cut hair; and
an attachment kit attachable to the housing, the attachment kit comprising:
a haft container; and
a comb having a comb attachment and configured to be attachable to the housing leaving a space between the comb and the housing, the comb having ribs configured to contact the hair during the hair cutting operation using the haft cutting appliance with the comb attached to the housing,
wherein the hair container includes a container housing, an attachment portion configured to attach the hair container to the comb, and two lateral catching arms, the container housing having a hair compartment for storage of cut hair sections,
wherein the hair compartment is formed by the two lateral catching arms, a guide wall, a rear will and a bottom wall between the rear wall and the guide wall,
wherein the guide wall, the bottom wall and the rear wall partially enclose the hair compartment leaving open the attachment portion at a first portion of the haft compartment, the first portion leading to an entrance of a second portion of the hair compartment, the first portion being next to the ribs when the hair container is attached to the comb and the first portion being configured to pass the cut hair sections to the hair compartment for the storage of the cut hair sections,
wherein the second portion of the haft compartment is dosed on all sides except the entrance to trap the cut hair sections, the second portion being located opposite the first portion of the hair compartment, and the second portion being further away from the ribs of the comb than the first portion of the hair compartment, and
wherein the two lateral catching arms laterally delimit a hair guiding channel and the guide wall delimits the hair guiding channel between the two lateral catching arms, the two lateral catching arms and the guide wall forming a boundary that doses the space between the comb and the housing.

11. The hair cutting appliance as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the comb is an adjustable comb, and wherein the comb is configured to engage an adjustment drive of the hair cutting appliance.

12. The hair cutting appliance as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the comb comprises an end portion, and wherein the hair container is configured to partially fit between the end portion of the comb and the housing.

13. The hair cutting appliance as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the comb is arranged as an integrally shaped injection molded part, and wherein the hair container is arranged as an integrally shaped injection molded part.

14. The hair cutting appliance as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the hair guiding channel is configured to guide the cut hair sections to the haft compartment when the comb is mounted to the housing.

15. The haft cutting appliance of claim 10 , wherein the attachment portion of the haft container is configured to indirectly attach the haft container to the housing via the comb when the comb is attached to the housing by the comb attachment which is different from the attachment portion of the hair container.

16. The hair cutting appliance of claim 10 , wherein the attachment portion comprises at least two lateral locks that are spaced apart from one another and that are configured to engage mating snap locks at the comb.

17. The hair cutting appliance of claim 10 , wherein the attachment portion comprises at least one aligner configured to engage a mating positioner of the comb.

18. A hair cutting appliance for a hair cutting operation, the hair cutting appliance comprising:
a housing portion configured to house a mounting receptacle;
a cutting unit including a blade set, the blade set configured to cut hair;
a detachable comb having a comb attachment, the detachable comb being configured to be attachable to and detachable from the mounti

Assignees

• Koninklijke Philips Nv

Inventors

• Halmut Ishay

Classifications

• B26B19/20

  with provision for shearing hair of preselected or variable length · CPC title

• B26B19/3813

  Attachments · CPC title

• B26B19/44 Primary

  Suction means for collecting severed hairs or for the skin to be shaved · CPC title

• A45D24/36

  Combs, stencils, or guides, specially adapted for hair trimming devices · CPC title